Non BJP opposition unites on EVM malfunctioning. Meet ECI in New Delhi

Non BJP opposition leaders apprehensive of malfunctioning of EVMs. Meet the election commissioner.

The leaders of the 22 non BJP opposition parties gathered in New Delhi’s constitution club and also met the chief election commissioner citing their doubts over the EVM machines and alleged manipulation of the election results on 21st May.

They were apprehensive about the malfunctioning of the Electronic Voting Machines and wanted verification of the VVPAT slips of randomly identified polling stations execited prior to starting of the counting of votes and not after the completion of the last round of counting.

According to the opposition leaders especially Ghulam Nabi Azad and Abhishelh Manu Singhvi of Congress, the election commission should accept their demand for for counting of the VVPAT first n incase of detection of malfunctioning in atleast 5 VVPATs then the entire constituency should go for repolling.

The former chief minister of Jammu n Kashmir and the PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti was specifically doubtful about the misuse of the EVM machines by the ruling political dispensation in Kashmir n had complained that despite her number of complaints to the ECI nothing has been done to set right the situation.

She also tweeted in this regard. After the completion of of the polling with results expected on 23rd May there have been lots of hulla baloo in the country through electronic n print media as well in social networking sites that number of EVMs have been found in fields in Bihar as well as in the godowns, cladestinely stored with an ulterior motive.

A picture n vedio of some EVM machines being captured by the local police in Chandausi UP went viral in the facebook.

Even the general secretary of the AICC Priyanka Gandhi had posted a vedio on her FB time line appealing to party workers not to be misled n demoralised by the exit polls n rumours of the BJP but instead tighten their belts to vigilantly guard the strong rooms in the respective constituencies.

The Bhartiya Janata Party and a section of the media has ridiculed the EVM excuse of the non BJP opposition parties and said that since they are losing the elections badly they have now devised a new excuse of faulty, malfunctioning or misuse of EVMs.

Why have they not opposed when the Congress won in three hindi heartland states through EVM’s voting, questioned some BJP leaders ?